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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 10:56 AM CDT for Jackson County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2009, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, FL, Washington County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:12 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 131556 TORTAE FLC063-133-131630- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0069.090413T1556Z-090413T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1056 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARIANNA... EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHIPLEY... * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 1050 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CHIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MARIANNA BY 1120 AM CDT... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3094 8512 3061 8505 3061 8555 3082 8556 TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 257DEG 29KT 3073 8545 $$ 14-MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2:18 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 30 hr | |
| Apr 13, 3:05 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 14 hr |
| Apr 13, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 9:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 8 days |
| Apr 13, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Apr 13, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 1:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Apr 13, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Liberty | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 2:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 38 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 3:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Apr 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more | 116 min |
| Apr 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Liberty | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Apr 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Apr 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 119 min |
| Apr 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Apr 13, 5:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Apr 13, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Apr 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Taylor | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 6:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 107 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.